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14 ‘This day will become[a] a memorial[b] for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival[c] to the Lord—you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance.[d] 15 For seven days[e] you must eat[f] bread made without yeast.[g] Surely[h] on the first day you must put away yeast from your houses because anyone who eats bread made with yeast[i] from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off[j] from Israel.
16 ‘On the first day there will be a holy convocation,[k] and on the seventh day there will be a holy convocation for you. You must do no work of any kind[l] on them, only what every person will eat—that alone may be prepared for you. 17 So you will keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because on this very[m] day I brought your regiments[n] out from the land of Egypt, and so you must keep this day perpetually as a lasting ordinance.[o] 18 In the first month,[p] from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening. 19 For seven days[q] yeast must not be found in your houses, for whoever eats what is made with yeast—that person[r] will be cut off from the community of Israel, whether a resident foreigner[s] or one born in the land. 20 You will not eat anything made with yeast; in all the places where you live you must eat bread made without yeast.’”
21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them, “Go and select[t] for yourselves a lamb or young goat[u] for your families, and kill the Passover animals.[v] 22 Take a branch of hyssop,[w] dip it in the blood that is in the basin,[x] and apply to the top of the doorframe and the two side posts some of the blood that is in the basin. Not one of you is to go out[y] the door of his house until morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees[z] the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the Lord will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer[aa] to enter your houses to strike you.[ab] 24 You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever. 25 When you enter the land that the Lord will give to you, just as he said, you must observe[ac] this ceremony. 26 When your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’[ad]— 27 then you will say, ‘It is the sacrifice[ae] of the Lord’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck[af] Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low to the ground,[ag] 28 and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.[ah]
The Deliverance from Egypt
29 [ai] It happened[aj] at midnight—the Lord attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 30 Pharaoh got up[ak] in the night,[al] along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house[am] in which there was not someone dead. 31 Pharaoh[an] summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, “Get up, get out[ao] from among my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the Lord as you have requested![ap] 32 Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also.”[aq]
33 The Egyptians were urging[ar] the people on, in order to send them out of the land quickly,[as] for they were saying, “We are all dead!” 34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added,[at] with their kneading troughs bound up in their clothing on their shoulders. 35 Now the Israelites had done[au] as Moses told them—they had requested from the Egyptians[av] silver and gold items and clothing. 36 The Lord[aw] gave the people favor[ax] in the sight of the Egyptians, and they gave them whatever they wanted,[ay] and so they plundered Egypt.[az]
37 The Israelites journeyed[ba] from Rameses[bb] to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men[bc] on foot, plus their dependents.[bd] 38 A mixed multitude[be] also went up with them, and flocks and herds—a very large number of cattle.[bf] 39 They baked cakes of bread without yeast using the dough they had brought from Egypt, for it was made without yeast. Because they were thrust out[bg] of Egypt and were not able to delay, they[bh] could not prepare[bi] food for themselves either.
40 Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.[bj] 41 At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments[bk] of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt. 42 It was a night of vigil for the Lord to bring them out from the land of Egypt,[bl] and so[bm] on this night all Israel is to keep the vigil[bn] to the Lord for generations to come.
Participation in the Passover
43 [bo] The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may[bp] share in eating it.[bq] 44 But everyone’s servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it. 45 A foreigner and a hired worker must not eat it. 46 It must be eaten in one house; you must not bring any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break a bone of it. 47 The whole community of Israel must observe it.
48 “When a resident foreigner[br] lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, all his males must be circumcised,[bs] and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land[bt]—but no uncircumcised person may eat of it. 49 The same law will apply[bu] to the person who is native-born and to the resident foreigner[bv] who lives among you.”
50 So all the Israelites did exactly as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.[bw] 51 And on this very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments.
The Law of the Firstborn
13 [bx] The Lord spoke[by] to Moses, 2 “Set apart[bz] to me every firstborn male—the first offspring of every womb[ca] among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.”[cb]
3 Moses said to the people, “Remember[cc] this day on which you came out from Egypt, from the place where you were enslaved,[cd] for the Lord brought you out of there[ce] with a mighty hand—and no bread made with yeast may be eaten.[cf] 4 On this day,[cg] in the month of Abib,[ch] you are going out.[ci]
5 “When[cj] the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey,[ck] then you will keep[cl] this ceremony[cm] in this month. 6 For seven days[cn] you must eat[co] bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day there is to be[cp] a festival to the Lord. 7 Bread made without yeast must be eaten[cq] for seven days;[cr] no bread made with yeast shall be seen[cs] among you, and you must have no yeast among you within any of your borders.
8 “You are to tell your son[ct] on that day,[cu] ‘It is[cv] because of what[cw] the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 [cx] It[cy] will be a sign[cz] for you on your hand and a memorial[da] on your forehead,[db] so that the law of the Lord may be[dc] in your mouth,[dd] for[de] with a mighty hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. 10 So you must keep[df] this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.[dg]
11 “When the Lord brings you[dh] into the land of the Canaanites,[di] as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it[dj] to you, 12 then you must give over[dk] to the Lord the first offspring of every womb.[dl] Every firstling[dm] of a beast that you have[dn]—the males will be the Lord’s.[do] 13 Every firstling[dp] of a donkey you must redeem[dq] with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you must break its neck.[dr] Every firstborn of[ds] your sons you must redeem.
14 [dt] “In the future,[du] when your son asks you[dv] ‘What is this?’[dw] you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand[dx] the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery.[dy] 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused[dz] to release us, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals.[ea] That is why I am sacrificing[eb] to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’ 16 It will be for a sign on your hand and for frontlets[ec] on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”[ed]
Two Blind Men Healed
29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed them. 30 Two[a] blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted,[b] “Have mercy[c] on us, Lord, Son of David!”[d] 31 The[e] crowd scolded[f] them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, “Lord, have mercy on us,[g] Son of David!” 32 Jesus stopped, called them, and said, “What do you want me to do for you?” 33 They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.” 34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.
The Triumphal Entry
21 Now[h] when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage,[i] at the Mount of Olives,[j] Jesus sent two disciples, 2 telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you.[k] Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’[l] and he will send them at once.” 4 This[m] took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[n]
5 “Tell the people of Zion,[o]
‘Look, your king is coming to you,
unassuming and seated on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[p]
6 So[q] the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks[r] on them, and he sat on them. 8 A[s] very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting,[t] “Hosanna[u] to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord![v] Hosanna in the highest!” 10 As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar,[w] saying, “Who is this?” 11 And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Cleansing the Temple
12 Then[x] Jesus entered the temple area[y] and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts,[z] and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. 13 And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[aa] but you are turning it into a den[ab] of robbers!”[ac]
14 The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the experts in the law[ad] saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,[ae] “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant 16 and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”[af] 17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
The Withered Fig Tree
18 Now early in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry. 19 After noticing a fig tree[ag] by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, “Never again will there be fruit from you!” And the fig tree withered at once. 20 When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” 21 Jesus[ah] answered them, “I tell you the truth,[ai] if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. 22 And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe,[aj] you will receive.”
16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me,
for I am alone[a] and oppressed.
17 Deliver me from my distress;[b]
rescue me from my suffering.[c]
18 See my pain and suffering.
Forgive all my sins.[d]
19 Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me;
they hate me and want to harm me.[e]
20 Protect me[f] and deliver me!
Please do not let me be humiliated,
for I have taken shelter in you.
21 May integrity and godliness protect me,
for I rely on you.
22 O God, rescue[g] Israel
from all their distress![h]
12 A worthless and wicked person[a]
walks around saying perverse things;[b] [c]
13 he winks with his eyes,
signals with his feet,
and points with his fingers;[d]
14 he plots evil with perverse thoughts[e] in his heart,
he spreads contention[f] at all times.
15 Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly;
in an instant[g] he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
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